Background Communication errors are a contributing cause of approximately two-thirds of
sentinel events, 3 over half of which involve handoff failures. 4 In health care, the magnitude …

Importance Handoff miscommunications are a leading cause of medical errors. Studies
comprehensively assessing handoff improvement programs are lacking. Objective To …

Methods: We adapted and implemented I-PASS for inpatient nursing bedside report,
physician handoff, and imaging/procedures handoff. Throughout the initiative, end-user …

Background Miscommunications are a leading cause of serious medical errors. Data from
multicenter studies assessing programs designed to improve handoff of information about …

Importance Medical errors and adverse events (AEs) are common among hospitalized
children. While clinician reports are the foundation of operational hospital safety surveillance …

In today's complex and rapidly changing health care environments, patient harm may result
if important patient information is not communicated from one health care provider to another …

Background Ineffective communications among healthcare providers are common and
increases the risk of medical errors. During the perioperative period, multiple handoffs occur …

It is unlikely that errors in medicine will ever be eliminated 1; therefore, the focus of
healthcare providers should be on optimizing systems that will reduce error. We describe …

Importance Limited data exist regarding the incidence and nature of patient-and family-
reported medical errors, particularly in pediatrics. Objective To determine the frequency with …

Patient safety is an increasingly well-recognized pub-lic health problem. The Institute of
Medicine's report entitled To Err Is Human1 initially drew widespread attention to this issue …